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Anthony Colangelo

MECO is opinion and analysis of spaceflight, exploration, policy, and strategy, by Anthony Colangelo.

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343 episodes

  1. T+342: NASA Updates Artemis III and IV Plans, and the Big Feelings on the Falcon to Starship Transition 44:50
  2. T+341: The Launch Shortage, SpaceX Going Alone (with Caleb Henry) 57:08
  3. T+340: Starliner’s Future and the Demand Signal 33:28
  4. T+339: Starbase Louisiana, the Falcon Fade, and the Next Wave of Launch Vehicles 35:57
  5. T+338: Zhuque-3, Long March 10B, Chang’e-7 (with Andrew Jones) 48:25
  6. T+337: Inversion Space (with Justin Fiaschetti, Co-Founder and CEO) 48:25
  7. T+336: Rocket Lab Buys Iridium, New Glenn’s Pad Rebuild, and NASA Awards 4 CLPS Missions 24:31
  8. T+335: Auriga Space (with Winnie Lai, Founder and CEO) 40:37
  9. T+334: SpaceX the Outlier, and Organization Leadership (with Matt Gjertsen) 43:48
  10. T+333: New Glenn Explodes on LC-36, Starship Flight 12, and NASA Moon Base Updates 31:20
  11. T+332: Quantum Space (with Jim Bridenstine, CEO) 37:01
  12. T+331: Checking in on K2 (with Neel Kunjur, Co-Founder and CTO) 44:13
  13. T+330: 10 Years of MECO 32:28
  14. T+329: Katalyst Space and the Mission to Boost Swift (with Ghonhee Lee, Founder and CEO) 44:47
  15. T+328: Pam Melroy, Former NASA Deputy Administrator and Space Shuttle Commander 52:22
  16. T+327: Artemis II, the Lunar Flyby Edition (with Paul Fjeld) 1:22:27
  17. T+326: Artemis II Underway 13:30
  18. T+325: Ignition 35:05
  19. T+324: Impulse Space (with Tom Mueller, Founder and CEO) 40:20
  20. T+323: The Artemis Roadmap Shakeup 30:21
  21. T+322: SpaceX Acquires xAI as it Prepares for IPO, Blue Origin Cancels New Shepard, and Artemis II Delayed (with Loren Grush) 40:44
  22. T+321: Artemis II, New Glenn’s First Reflight, Blue Origin’s TeraWave, and Tory Bruno’s Job Switch 31:04
  23. T+320: NASA’s FY2026 Budget, the Isaacman Era, and the Eve of Artemis II (with Casey Dreier) 32:17
  24. T+319: Headlines, December 22, 2025 49:07
  25. T+318: General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force 49:05
  26. T+317: Isaacman Renomination Hearing, Starliner Flights Cut, Starship at SLC-37, Zhuque-3 Almost Sticks the Landing, and More (with Stephen Clark) 59:59
  27. T+316: New Glenn’s Second Launch, First Landing, and Upgrade Roadmap 30:12
  28. T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros) 1:03:06
  29. T+314: Jockeying for the Artemis 3 Lander, and the NASA Administrator Position 34:59
  30. T+313: Starlink, Kuiper, Project Bromo, and More (with Caleb Henry) 33:04
  31. T+312: Starship Flight 11, Space Policy, and Priorities (with Miles O’Brien) 44:18
  32. T+311: Phil McAlister on Commercial LEO and NASA’s Human Spaceflight Budget 42:37
  33. T+310: NASA’s “Prove It” Era 19:48
  34. T+309: EchoStar’s Spectrum Sale, Starlink’s Financials (with Caleb Henry, Director of Research at Quilty Space) 43:01
  35. T+308: Chatting with Casey Handmer 36:09
  36. T+307: Executive Order on Regulatory Reform (with Tom Marotta) 30:47
  37. T+306: Lunar Outpost (with Michael Moreno, VP of Strategy) 41:56
  38. T+305: The Starship 36 Explosion, and ESA Policy (with Adrian Beil, NASASpaceflight) 1:06:14
  39. T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver) 49:36
  40. T+303: The Trump 2024 Transition (with Mark Albrecht) 53:42
  41. T+302: A Tour of Marotta Controls 1:35:35
  42. T+301: Hypersonics and Constellations (with Caleb Henry) 42:05
  43. T+300: Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing, NASA and NOAA Budgets, NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 Awards 26:48
  44. T+299: Starliner, According to Butch and Suni (with Eric Berger) 28:50
  45. T+298: Eric Schmidt Takes Over at Relativity, Rocket Lab Plans Mynaric Acquisition 20:05
  46. T+297: Firefly Blue Ghost 1, Intuitive Machines IM-2, SpaceX Starship Flight 8 (with Josh Dinner) 52:20
  47. T+296: Jim Bridenstine on Space Policy 25:56
  48. T+295: The Economics of Space (with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau) 41:11
  49. T+294: Elon Musk and the Trump Administration, Potential SLS Cancellation (with Eric Berger) 42:22
  50. T+293: Jonathan’s Space Report Library Transition (with Jonathan McDowell) 14:21